Taurine activates GABAA but not GABAB receptors in rat hippocampal CA1 area

Brain Research

Volumn 864, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 298-307

  Del Olmo, Nuria ^a   Bustamante, Julián ^b   Del Río, Rafael Martín ^a   Solís, José M ^a  

^a HOSPITAL RAMÓN Y CAJAL   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Excitatory postsynaptic potential; GABA; GABAA receptor; GABAB receptors; Slow inhibitory postsynaptic potential; Taurine

Indexed keywords

2 AMINO 5 PHOSPHONOVALERIC ACID; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID B RECEPTOR; 6 CYANO 7 NITRO 2,3 QUINOXALINEDIONE; BACLOFEN; BICUCULLINE METHIODIDE; PICROTOXIN; POSTSYNAPTIC RECEPTOR; PRESYNAPTIC RECEPTOR; RECEPTOR SUBTYPE; TAURINE; TETRODOTOXIN;

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RELEASE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN SLICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG RECEPTOR BINDING; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HYPERPOLARIZATION; INHIBITORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RECEPTOR AFFINITY;

2-AMINO-5-PHOSPHONOVALERATE; 6-CYANO-7-NITROQUINOXALINE-2,3-DIONE; ANIMALS; BACLOFEN; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID ANTAGONISTS; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; FEMALE; GABA AGONISTS; GABA ANTAGONISTS; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; HIPPOCAMPUS; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUES; PICROTOXIN; PYRAMIDAL CELLS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, GABA-A; RECEPTORS, GABA-B; SYNAPSES; TAURINE; TETRODOTOXIN;

EID: 0034640175     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(00)02211-3     Document Type: Article

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